Printer s case



(No Model.)

J. E. HAMILTON. PRINTERS GASE- No. 566,312. Patented Aug. 25, 1896.

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SPECIFICATION .forniingip'art of Letters Patent No. 566, 312, datedAugust .25, :18 96. il pplicationf'file'd October 28, 1 3 9 5 iSalerno-f5 6 7,076. (No-model.)

To all :whom it may concern:

tion thereof.

My invention relates to the construction of cases usedin'printing-oflices; aandit consists in certain peculiarities ofconstructiom'as will be fully set forth hereinafter andsub-j sequent-1yclaimed.

4 are detail perspective views of portions of my lmproved case.

Referring to the drawings, A A'represent the end pieces, and B 0the'upperand lower side pieces, of the rectangular frame of the case,the lower side piece 0 being provided with the usual upward-projectingrim or edge 0 to receive the composing-stick. This lower side piece 0,with its rim or edge 0, is shown in Fig. 2, (which is a view lookingfrom the back of the case toward the compositor,) and in Fig. 1 noattempt is made to show the ordinary and well-known arrangement of thetype-boxes in the lower case, but only a few of said boxes are shown byway of illustration.

Heretofore it has been customary,in the construction of cases, to routout the side and end pieces of the frame of the case from the bottomedges of said pieces up to a line near the inner upper edges of thesame, and after fitting together the partition-strips a a a an d b bb,which form the type-boxes, (by cutting the strips 12 b b half-way downfrom their top edges and the strips a a a half-way up from their bottomedges and j oiningthem togethertransversely,) toslip the ends of saidpartition-strips into the vertical grooves routed out in the'said sideand end pieces of the frame of the case, from the under side thereof,and then to secure a solid wood bottom to the case to keep *tions to*these ordinary cases. place, ifa thin bottom'is put on it'reduces 7 theparts "alltogether and prevent the-type Be it known thatI, JAMnsHAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, andaresidentj of Two Rivers,in the 'county of Manitowoc and Stateof Wisconsinfhave invented oertainnew and u-seful lmprovem'ents in Print-. ers Cases; and I 'dohereby-declarethat-thef following isa'full, clearyand exact descrip-ffrom droppingout. There areseveral-objec- In the first theproperheightoft-he case and-is liable to swell or'shrinkawayfrom the underside of the partition-strips, and, in the-second place,

if of thick wood, it makes the case heavy and "clumsy and increases thecost of manufacture. be-of a-standardheight, so as to enable them It isdesirable that the cases should to be used in any printing-office, andto accomplish this and obviatethe hereinbeforenamed objections I'havedevised the herein- Int-he drawings, "Figure 1 'is an underside planview, partly in section and with parts broken away to better illustratedetails of construction, of a caseeinbodying my present im-- provements.:Fig.2 is a "longitudinal vertical sectional view of thesame, taken onthe line 2 2 ofthe preceding figure. Figs. 3 and to and parallel withthe bottom'faces thereof,

but at such a distance therefromas to leave a substantial portion of thewood of said pieces beneath said groove. I then slip a properrouting-tool within the grooveD and rout outthe vertical grooves d d cl,as shown, said vertical grooves extending upward to a line near theupper faces of the said pieces, as heretofore. The upper side piece B isof less depth than the other pieces of the frame of the case, and issimply routed out to form the vertical grooves d, extending from thebottom of said side piece B upward in the old manner. The end and sidepieces A A B C may be provided with dowels E and mortises e therefor forthe ready joining together of these pieces, as shown, or they may beunited in any other suitable and secure manner.

The partition-strips a a and Z) b, which form the type-boxes, are madeand joined together in the ordinary manner already described, and theends of said strips are slipped into the described vertical grooves d 01above the line of the upper walls of the horizontal grooves D D, whichlatter are of about double the depth of the vertical grooves 01 d in theend pieces A A and lower side piece 0. The cases are preferably providedwith one or more of the division-pieces F, tenoned and mortised into orotherwise secured to the side pieces B O, as shown in Fig.- 1, the undersurface of each piece F coming flush with the upper wall of the saidgroove D in the piece 0 and with the bottom of the piece B.

The bottom G of my improved case is formed of a series of layers of thewood, there being preferably three such layers f g h, with the grain ofthe central layer 9 running in a contrary direction to that of the otherlayers, and with a layer of paper 2' upon the upper layer h of Wood, andall four of these layers being cemented and pressed together to form acomposite veneer, which will not shrink or swell, and which, while beingmuch thinner than the old-style solid piece of wood, is stronger andnotliable to crack, thereby obviating the existing danger of loss of anyof the type in the old-style cases. This composite veneer bottom isslipped to place within the grooves D D D and secured therein, as bytacks j j, and the case is complete.

Inasmuch as the bottom line of the vertical grooves d d is flush withthe upper line of the longitudinal grooves D D, it will be seen thatwhen the partition-strips a a Z) b have been slipped to place within thedescribed upper grooves (Z d they are securely locked therein byslipping the bottom piece G to place within its grooves D D, and thusthe lower edges of said partition-strips and the upper surface of saidbottom piece are permanently held in positive contact beyond anypossibility of accidental separation, which is not only a novel featurein type-cases, but of the greatest practical advantage.

WVhen my cases are placed upon their supporting racks or cabinets inuse, they will be of the standard height, and allwear and friction comesupon the bottom portions of the frame of the cases and not upon thebottom of the type-holding portion of the case, as heretofore.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a printers case, the combination of a frame formed of end piecesand a lower side piece of a uniform height, provided with longitudinalgrooves on their inner faces adjacent to, and parallel with, their undersurfaces, and shallower vertical grooves communicating with saidlongitudinal grooves, and an upper side piece, of a less depth,terminatin g at the base on a line flush with the upper wall of the saidlongitudinal grooves in the other pieces and provided with corresponding vertical grooves,transversely-crossed partition-strips whose ends arefitted within said vertical grooves, and a bottom piece whose lowerside, and end edges are slipped and secured within the describedlongitudinal grooves in the lower side, and end pieces, substantially asset forth.

2. In a printers case, the combination of the lower side, and end,pieces of the frame, having longitudinal grooves in the inner surfacesthereof, adjacent to and parallel with the bottom surfaces of saidpieces, and an upper side piece of less depth than, but rising to thesame height as, the other pieces of the frame, with a thin bottom pieceformed of composite layers of wood veneer, and an upper layer of paper,all pressed and cemented together, slipped into and secured within saidlongitudinal grooves, in the lower side, and end, pieces of the frame,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, atTwo Rivers, in the county of Manitowoc and State of WVisconsin, in thepresence of two witnesses.

JAMES E. HAMILTON. \Vitnesses:

ARTHUR H. LOHMAN, CORA M. HARRISON.

